Chapter 40 — PENSIONS

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.6) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.6) Sec. 14-104.6. Service transferred from Article 16. Service also includes the following: (a) Any period as a teacher employed by the Department of Corrections for which credit was established under Article 16 of this Code, su…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.7) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.7) Sec. 14-104.7. Payments and Rollovers. (a) The Board may adopt rules prescribing the manner of repaying refunds and purchasing any optional credits permitted under this Article. The rules may prescribe the manner of calculati…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.8) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.8) Sec. 14-104.8. Grant of noncoordinated service credit. The entire period of service between June 30, 1969 and December 15, 1984 during which an employee was erroneously classified as eligible for federal Social Security cover…

(40 ILCS 5/14-104.9) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-104.9) Sec. 14-104.9. Credit for leave of absence. A member may establish creditable service under this Article for up to one year during which he or she was on a leave of absence from employment for which credit is not otherwise av…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105) Sec. 14-105. Service credit for which contributions are not required. (a) Each employee in service on December 31, 1943, or then on leave of absence not in conflict with Civil Service rules, if such leave had not extended for mor…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.1) Sec. 14-105.1. (a) Any active (and until February 1, 1993, any former) member of the General Assembly Retirement System may apply for transfer of his credits and creditable service accumulated under this System to the General…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.2) Sec. 14-105.2. Validation of service credits. An active member of the General Assembly Retirement System or the Judges Retirement System having no service credits or creditable service in the System, may establish service cre…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.3) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.3) Sec. 14-105.3. Any active member of the Judges Retirement System and, between January 1 and January 15, 1983, any deputy sheriff who is an active member of a Fund created under Article 9 of this Act may apply for transfer of …

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.4) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.4) Sec. 14-105.4. (a) Persons otherwise required or eligible to participate in this System who elect to continue participation in the General Assembly System under Section 2-117.1 may not participate in this System for the durat…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.5) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.5) Sec. 14-105.5. Transfer of creditable service to Article 8, 9 or 13 Fund. (a) Any city officer as defined in Section 8-243.2 of this Code, any county officer elected by vote of the people who is a participant in the pension f…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.6) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-105.6) Sec. 14-105.6. (a) Until July 1, 1990, any active or inactive member of the pension fund established under Article 7 of this Code who has been a county sheriff may apply for transfer of his creditable service accumulated unde…

(40 ILCS 5/14-105.7) Sec. 14-105.7. Transfer to Article 9 fund. (a) Until July 1, 2003, any active or inactive member of the System who has established creditable service under paragraph (i) of Section 14-104 (relating to contractual service to the General Assembly) and is an act…

(40 ILCS 5/14-106) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-106) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 14-106. Membership service credit. (a) After January 1, 1944, all service of a member since he last became a member with respect to…

(40 ILCS 5/14-107) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-107) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 14-107. Retirement annuity - service and age - conditions. (a) A member is entitled to a retirement annuity after having at least 8…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-108) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 14-108. Amount of retirement annuity. A member who has contributed to the System for at least 12 months shall be entitled to a prio…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.2) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-108.2) Sec. 14-108.2. Any person employed by the Department of Corrections who is a member of the Teachers' Retirement System established under Article 16 of this Code may elect to become a member of this System on either June 1, 19…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.2a) Sec. 14-108.2a. Former Chicago public health employees. (a) This Section applies only to persons who were employed at any time during the period July 13 through December 31, 1993, by the City of Chicago Department of Public Health in connection with clinical…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.2b) Sec. 14-108.2b. Former Chicago Police Department Crime Laboratory Division employees. (a) For the purposes of this Section and Section 8-230.5: (1) "Takeover date" means the date upon which the Illinois Department of State Police assumes and becomes responsi…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.2c) Sec. 14-108.2c. Transfer of membership from TRS. A security employee of the Department of Human Services, as defined in Section 14-110, who is a member of the Teachers' Retirement System established under Article 16 of this Code may elect to become a member …

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.3) Sec. 14-108.3. Early retirement incentives. (a) To be eligible for the benefits provided in this Section, a person must: (1) be a member of this System who, on any day during June, 2002, is (i) in active payroll status in a position of employment with a depar…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.4) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-108.4) Sec. 14-108.4. State police early retirement incentives. (a) To be eligible for the benefits provided in this Section, a person must: (1) be a member of this System who, on any day during October, 1992, is in active payroll s…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.5) Sec. 14-108.5. Alternative retirement cancellation payment. (a) To be eligible for the alternative retirement cancellation payment provided in this Section, a person must: (1) be a member of this System who, on any day during June 2004, was (i) in active payr…

(40 ILCS 5/14-108.6) Sec. 14-108.6. Alternative retirement cancellation payment. (a) To be eligible for the alternative retirement cancellation payment provided in this Section, a person must: (1) be a member of this System who, as of June 1, 2006, was (i) in active payroll statu…

(40 ILCS 5/14-109) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-109) Sec. 14-109. Minimum retirement annuity. (a) Beginning January 1, 1987, any person who is receiving a monthly retirement annuity under this Article which, after inclusion of (1) all one-time and automatic annual increases to whic…

(40 ILCS 5/14-110) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-110) (Text of Section from P.A. 102-813, 103-34, and 104-284) Sec. 14-110. Alternative retirement annuity. (a) Any member who has withdrawn from service with not less than 20 years of eligible creditable service and has attained age 5…

(40 ILCS 5/14-111) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-111) Sec. 14-111. Re-entry After retirement. (a) An annuitant who re-enters the service of a department and receives compensation on a regular payroll shall receive no payments of the retirement annuity during the time he is so employ…

(40 ILCS 5/14-112) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-112) Sec. 14-112. Level Income Option. A covered employee who retires from service prior to the age of becoming eligible for old age insurance payments under the Federal Social Security Act and who at the time of retirement is fully i…

(40 ILCS 5/14-113) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-113) Sec. 14-113. Reversionary annuity. A member entitled to a retirement annuity may elect, at the time of retirement, to receive a lesser amount of such allowance and provide with the remainder of his equity, as actuarially determin…

(40 ILCS 5/14-114) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-114) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 14-114. Automatic increase in retirement annuity. (a) This subsection (a) is subject to subsections (a-1) and (a-2) of this Section…

(40 ILCS 5/14-115) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-115) (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional) Sec. 14-115. Supplemental Annuity. (a) Each annuitant, who retired at age 55 or over and after the completion of at least 15 years of cr…

(40 ILCS 5/14-116) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-116) Sec. 14-116. Nonoccupational death benefit-death before retirement. (a) Upon death of a member before retirement from any cause other than illness contracted or injuries received in the performance of duty to the State, if no sur…

(40 ILCS 5/14-117) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-117) Sec. 14-117. Nonoccupational death benefit-Death after retirement. Upon death of a retired member, unless a reversionary annuity, widow's annuity or survivors annuity is payable, a death benefit shall be payable to such person as…

(40 ILCS 5/14-118) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-118) Sec. 14-118. Widow's annuity - Conditions for payment. A widow who exercises the right of election to receive an annuity pursuant to this Section is entitled to a lump sum payment of $500 plus a widow's annuity, if: (1) she was m…

(40 ILCS 5/14-119) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-119) Sec. 14-119. Amount of widow's annuity. (a) The widow's annuity shall be 50% of the amount of retirement annuity payable to the member on the date of death while on retirement if an annuitant, or on the date of his death while in…

(40 ILCS 5/14-120) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-120) Sec. 14-120. Survivors annuities - Conditions for payments. A survivors annuity is established for all members of the System. Upon the death of any male person who was a member on July 19, 1961, however, his widow may have the op…

(40 ILCS 5/14-121) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-121) Sec. 14-121. Amount of survivors annuity. A survivors annuity beneficiary shall be entitled upon death of the member to a single sum payment of $1,000, payable pro rata among all persons entitled thereto, together with a survivor…

(40 ILCS 5/14-121.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-121.1) Sec. 14-121.1. Required distributions. (a) A person who would be eligible to receive a widow's or survivor's annuity under this Article but for the fact that the person has not yet attained age 50, shall be eligible for a mon…

(40 ILCS 5/14-122) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-122) Sec. 14-122. Limitation on widow's and survivors annuity. (a) If a beneficiary also qualifies for a widow's annuity or survivors annuity under Articles 2, 15, 16, 17 or 18 of this Code, and the combined annuities payable thereund…

(40 ILCS 5/14-123) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-123) Sec. 14-123. Occupational disability benefits. A member who becomes incapacitated to perform the duties of his position as the proximate result of bodily injuries sustained or a hazard undergone while in the performance and withi…

(40 ILCS 5/14-123.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-123.1) Sec. 14-123.1. Temporary disability benefit. (a) A member who has at least 18 months of creditable service and who becomes physically or mentally incapacitated to perform the duties of his position shall receive a temporary d…

(40 ILCS 5/14-124) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-124) Sec. 14-124. Nonoccupational disability benefit. A member with at least 1 1/2 years of creditable service may be granted a nonoccupational disability benefit, if: (1) application for the benefit is made to the system by the membe…

(40 ILCS 5/14-124.5) Sec. 14-124.5. Reports submitted to the System by licensed health care professionals. A licensed health care professional must submit his or her registration number on all reports submitted to the System. (Source: P.A. 101-54, eff. 7-12-19.)

(40 ILCS 5/14-125) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-125) Sec. 14-125. Nonoccupational disability benefit; amount of. The nonoccupational disability benefit shall be 50% of the member's final average compensation at the time disability occurred. In the case of a member whose benefit was…

(40 ILCS 5/14-125.1) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-125.1) Sec. 14-125.1. Automatic increase in disability benefit. Each disability benefit payable under Section 14-123 or 14-124 shall be increased by 7% of the original fixed amount of such benefit on January 1, 1986 or January 1 fol…

(40 ILCS 5/14-126) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-126) Sec. 14-126. Nonoccupational disability benefit-Rights on expiration-Retirement annuity option on re-entry. Any member having 15 or more years of creditable service, and having attained at least age 55, or having 20 or more years…

(40 ILCS 5/14-126.5) Sec. 14-126.5. Retirement annuity option for termination of ordinary disability benefit. A member who is subject to the provisions of Section 1-160 whose disability continues but whose disability benefit is either terminated due to attaining age 65 or termina…

(40 ILCS 5/14-127) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-127) Sec. 14-127. Credit during disability. During any period of disability for which nonoccupational, occupational or temporary disability benefits are paid, there shall be credited to the account of the disabled member amounts repre…

(40 ILCS 5/14-128) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-128) Sec. 14-128. Occupational death benefit. An occupational death benefit is provided for a member of the System whose death, prior to retirement, is the proximate result of bodily injuries sustained or a hazard undergone while in t…

(40 ILCS 5/14-129) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-129) Sec. 14-129. Determination of compensability - Offset - Subrogation. Except as provided in Section 14-128 of this Act with respect to occupational death claims, and except as provided in Section 14-123.1 for temporary disability …

(40 ILCS 5/14-130) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 14-130) Sec. 14-130. Refunds; rules. (a) Upon withdrawal a member is entitled to receive, upon written request, a refund of the member's contributions, including credits granted while in receipt of disability benefits, without credited i…